Opinion: Egypt’s Coming Coup?

Sam Tadros, author of “Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity,” on the military’s signal it might soon intervene to preserve the Egyptian state.

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... I ... back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... we've had million person marches in Brazil but clingy Egypt to be the next country ... to see mass public protests and maybe even ... another to which the Hudson Institute scholar sanitizers he's the author of motherland last ... joining us now from Washington ... so Sam mass protests are planned for later this week in Egypt ... many of this year and last are not focusing on it ... but should lead at the Indices of the prospect that really suited to upset the political system again ... um hi Mary thanks for having me it's it's really you you find that right that's there is something going on in Egypt and people are all focused on that in this sense with how ... things progress since President Morsi assumed power ... and the country has been unstable since why the world has gates and other places Syria other countries ... but distillation and Egypt has continued to deteriorate with ... a massive economic crisis ... the country's unemployment rate is extremely high foreign reserves are being the cases ... of the political system is a staple for a lot ... of different political movements whether the opposition on this in this ... business ... by the trust each other nor are they willing to operate with all this call for a mass of focus on the thirteenth of June which is the one-year anniversary of President Morsi is ... assumption of power ... and with the level of Finance during the Egyptian street the possibility of ... maybe thats an Egyptian street massive clashes between supporters ... and ... opposition ... movements or figures ... is extremely tight and the army chief and has said in these recent hours that he's willing to step in to stabilize the situation ... but if the army steps and are they going to step in to support the Muslim Brotherhood government ... or to oppose that ... that's the question on everyone's minds and the same day that the press that the army chief has issued a statement he met with President Morsi so it's not like the army is completely they can get cents against the regime and against the elected president ... the army of seven cents and one step forward two steps back ... they realize that those classes might result in the call the shots of the defence that ... there are extremely worried about the prospect ... of the same time they're well aware the business with mall give up our very easy but they will all just watch as the army takes over power and will act and ... defines love them so the possibility of a ... clash with Islam is ... the possibility of finding something like Nigerian civil war ... in the nineties is on everyone's mind that went beyond ... the Army's chief spine Sam we got lesson thirty seconds left what happens to minorities ... in that scenario ... the minorities are found in every situation we just had to ... yesterday for people being killed just because they happen to be Shiite Muslims so small multi from the top of the Christians or that use the car and the country but even Shiite Muslims by feeding thousands ... by both the state of lawlessness and the country ... and by the measures taken by the Islamists and the kind of language and incitement ... they are using their speeches OK Hudson Institute scholar SAN tacos The new author of motherland last ... I thank you so much for being with the salmon of please please come back again soon to say this thank you so much